HMS Janus (1778)
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| Name | HMS Janus |
| Ordered | 24 July 1776 |
| Builder | Robert Batson, Limehouse |
| Laid down | 9 August 1776 |
| Launched | 14 May 1778 |
| Completed | By 11 August 1778 |
| Renamed | Dromedary on 3 March 1788 |
| Reclassified | 24-gun storeship in 1787 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 10 August 1800 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Roebuck-class fifth rate |
| Tons burthen | 883 80⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 37 ft 10+1⁄2 in (11.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 16 ft 4 in (5.0 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 300 |
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HMS Janus was a 44-gun Roebuck-class fifth rate of the Royal Navy.
History
From May 1780 she was under the command of Captain Horatio Nelson, though he was superseded by September that year.[1]
In 1793 she was under the command of Captain Sandford Tatham[2]
Loss
HMS Dromedary was wrecked on the Parasol Rocks, Trinidad on 10 August 1800. Her entire complement survived.[3]
References
- ^ Cuthbert Collingwood, 1748-1810 Archived 27 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Museums Greenwich
- ^ Will of William John Treen otherwise Sparks dated 6 June 1793 and witnessed by the Captain
- ^ "LOSS OF THE DROMEDARY". Caledonian Mercury. No. 12359. 1 December 1800.
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